On This Day: Communists give up monopoly of Soviet politics
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a series of reforms and the Communist Party gave up its 70-year monopoly of political ...
Is China the new USSR? Tepid growth, trade barriers may derail China’s plans to rule the 21st century
China poses a significant challenge to U.S. economic dominance, leading in 37 of 44 hi-tech strategic areas. Despite slowing ...
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Soviet Union: Closer Trade Ties
Soviet-Japanese trade, for example, has nearly tripled in the past five years, now runs at $400 million annually, a volume 10% greater than Japan’s trade with Britain. Last week, after prolonged ...
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DeepSeek: The New Sputnik Moment
That’s the word for the news that the Chinese Communists are further along than expected on artificial intelligence.
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Putin says ignoring Soviet role in liberation of Nazi death camps is shameful
MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that ignoring the Soviet Union's role in liberating Nazi German death camps such as Auschwitz and not inviting surviving family ...
China appoints ‘wolf warrior’ ambassador to manage affairs with Europe
Former ambassador to France Lu Shaye, who enraged many in Europe in 2023 when he questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet states and whether Crimea was part of Ukraine, had been appointed China’s ...